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Family offices (FOs) in the Asia-Pacific favoured equities and bonds from developed markets in 2024 and plan to increase their strategic allocations into these asset classes in 2025, a…
US President Donald Trump’s tariffs shook markets across asset classes, sending investors searching for shelter. Some landed on cash, some on gold, but some money managers are finding…
Google parent Alphabet is looking to raise at least 2.5 billion euros (S$3.72 billion) from a debut euro bond sale on Tuesday (Apr 29), just after selling US$5 billion of debt in…
Indonesia’s sovereign bond market is on course for its first monthly foreign outflows of the year as economic instability and a falling rupiah erode investor confidence. Foreign investors…
Thailand’s bond market is on course for its best monthly inflows in more than three years, helped by interest-rate-cut bets and a stronger baht due to surging gold prices. Global funds…
INTEREST rate hikes from the Bank of Japan (BOJ) should help cut currency protection costs for Japanese investors, spurring their appetite for US investment-grade corporate bonds,…
A retired soldier’s descent into crisis and its rippling effect through a working-class Bengali family forms the emotional core of “Shadowbox” (“Baksho Bondi”), set to world premiere at…
THE 10-year average return for the latest tranche of Singapore Savings Bonds (SSBs) continued to fall, to 2.82 per cent, in line with rate cuts by the US Federal Reserve. In contrast, the…
CHINESE government bonds are primed for their best year in a decade, with local fund managers and strategists predicting more gains for 2025. They are set to reap a 9 per cent total return…
They note strong long-term outlook for banking, manufacturing sectors here, and add bond investors will benefit from less volatility ALTHOUGH the “hawkish” interest rate cut by the US…
They note strong long-term outlook for banking, manufacturing sectors here, and add bond investors will benefit from less volatility ALTHOUGH the “hawkish” interest rate cut by the US…
INVESTMENT bankers are pinning hopes on initial public offerings (IPOs) in Asia to grab a bigger slice of equity capital markets volumes in 2025, after such transactions fell to the…
December tranche gives a 10-year average return of 2.81%; sees S$164.8 million in applications versus S$600 million on offer THE latest Singapore Savings Bond (SSB), allotted on Wednesday…
CHINA has effectively banned domestic investors from buying offshore yuan bonds issued by local government financing vehicles through its trading link with Hong Kong, according to people…
CHINESE tech conglomerate Alibaba Group Holding is considering an offering of bonds totalling the equivalent of about US$5 billion as soon as this month, people familiar with the matter…
GOLDMAN Sachs and Morgan Stanley sold a combined US$11.3 billion in investment-grade bonds on Wednesday (Oct 16), after both banks posted earnings that surpassed analyst expectations. Both…
THE growing prominence of labelled bonds in global bond benchmarks in H1 2024 suggests that these bonds are growing faster than the wider bond market, said MSCI following research on…
(Bloomberg) -- China will allow local governments to issue bonds to buy unsold homes to support the ailing property sector, as it pushes to put a floor under an economic slowdown. Most…
6 min read Last Updated : Oct 02 2024 | 11:21 PM IST By Ruth Carson, Masaki Kondo and Winnie Hsu Japan’s investors are starting to lose their decades-long infatuation with overseas assets.…
THE Chinese central bank said on Monday (Sep 30) that it had bought 200 billion yuan (S$36.5 billion) of the country’s government bonds in open-market operations in September. China’s…
A PREVIOUSLY gloomy corner of the debt world has become the biggest winning trade in global financial markets, producing returns that few traders have seen in more than a decade. Hybrids,…
3 min read Last Updated : Sep 27 2024 | 11:30 PM IST The government would take a decision on issuing fresh sovereign gold bonds (SGBs) based on the need and assessment of market…
SAUDI Aramco has set the initial price guidance for 5- and 10-year dollar sukuk bonds, according to a term sheet reviewed by Reuters on Wednesday. The mainly state-owned oil company is…
AS THE world confronts the urgent challenge of climate change, the financial sector has become a key player in steering the global shift towards a low-carbon economy. Green bonds and other…
